Sentences with phrase «advised by his solicitor»

He was incorrectly advised by his solicitor that, as his girlfriend already owned a separate property, he was liable for the custom 3 % surcharge.

But what if a client is advised by his solicitors before issuing proceedings that they have good prospects of success, which advice turns out to be over-optimistic, with the result that after later receiving more pessimistic advice from leading counsel, the client loses an opportunity to settle the claim on more advantageous terms?

With regard to NON RESIDENT BUYERS I was advised by a solicitor in Ontario that even a Canadian Citizen / permanent resident (ex pat) living outside Canada in excess of 6 months would, upon re entering Canada and purchasing residential real estate in the GTA be considered a «non resident» for tax purposes.

Not exact matches

By this time Prys - Davies had a busy practice as a solicitor in Pontypridd and, as well as regular legal work, engaged in charitable work assisting and advising miners and their families on litigation issues.

Buyers of those houses failed to appreciate — or their solicitors failed to advise them — that a starting yearly ground rent of # 100 might sound reasonable enough, but were it to double every 10 years over the course of a 999 - year lease, the exponential function means that in 50 years» time, the yearly rent would reach # 3,200; in 100 years, # 102,400; and by the end of the term of the lease, many millions of pounds per year.

We offer a free initial consultation where we can advise you further and we'll often be able to offer help, even if your case has been turned away by other solicitors.

If you were employed by a foreign company when the accident happened, Thompsons Solicitors can advise you on what compensation options may be available to you.

It is important you are being advised and represented by solicitors who are experienced in this area of law.

Corporate partner Paul Airley advised the client with financial services partner Charles Proctor, assisted by corporate solicitor Michelle Smith.

Wendy Mountford who was the occupier — sorry, tenant — looks destined to stay on in possession until she drops and her Bournemouth solicitor John Chester must be congratulating himself on advising for the rejection of the compromise proposal put forward by solicitor - owner Roger Street between Court of Appeal and House of Lords — Mrs Mountford could have had a protected shorthold for five years at the # 14 per week registered rent in return for the abandonment of her appeal.

(iii) In the instant case the parties, through inaction on the part of the solicitor was out of time to appeal by way of case stated, accordingly counsel advised judicial review.

The judiciary advised the Law Society in December 2017 that the review of SHR had been concluded and the chief justice had approved the following set of SHR, increasing the rates across solicitors of each level of seniority by more than 40 % and introducing two additional bands of seniority of solicitors:

Fourth, this way of organising relevant information could easily be combined with consideration by an adviser for whom it organises the client's information in a helpful way (a product like Siaro integrates the client's original statement into a programme that prompts the advising solicitor to what they should do).

Examples of his recent case - load are: led by Ed Pepperall QC in a large - scale action arising from a defective share sale; defended solicitors from allegations arising from property transactions, including alleged breaches of the Etridge guidance; acting for a claimant against solicitors who negligently handled his litigation; defending an IFA from allegations of inappropriately risky investment advice; acting for solicitors claiming contributions from another firm in respect of their own liability for breach of trust; advising clients on a claim against surveyors for losses arising from negligent property valuations.

The employees were then seen individually by solicitors; at these meetings, it was checked that they had seen the presentation but then pointed out (as had been made clear in the presentation) that the solicitor could not advise whether they had had a good equal pay claim or if so how much it was worth (in other words, whether it was a «good deal»).

I have never heard of a cabbie standing effectively on the last line of defense of democracy or taking the baseball bats out of the hands of disputants by advising and representing them in a resolution process (great barrister work) or making our entire economy secure by their diligence and legal opinions, and preventing literally countless problems from even arising (great solicitor work).

Re G: Chris was instructed by solicitors defending a substantial professional negligence claim to advise in relation to issues that had arisen between the solicitors» insurers for different policy years concerning notification and aggregation.

At first instance, the defendants» positions were preferred by each of the costs judges, who disallowed the success fees and ATE insurance premiums, with particular weight being attached to the claimants» solicitors» failure to advise in relation to the 10 % Simmons uplift.

Home» News» Case Studies» Hugh James recovers # 190,000 for a client who was advised by his original solicitors that a claim could not be made

Acted for solicitor in a claim by client alleging failure to adequately advise on # 3m deal to sell commercial site subject to conditions.

I enjoy my role as a consultant (senior) solicitor helping advise colleagues within the firm so they can do their very best and by having a broad practice ensures no two days are the same.

Blacks Solicitors LLP's practice is led by Oliver Gross who «is very easy to deal with» and specialises in advising holiday park clients.

She is currently advising a large insurer on whether the acts and omissions of a solicitor which led to a multimillion - pound claim being brought against them are covered or excluded by the insurance document.

advising a leading building society in relation to failure by its conveyancing solicitor to identify the correct legal entity in TR1 property transfer forms relating to the restructure of # 50m of facilities

In any event, CPL and Blakes did the right thing by immediately and explicitly advising Colson, at the outset of the production process, that CPL had produced solicitor - client communications on which CPL claimed Eisses waived privilege.

Jackson LJ said he anticipated that solicitors will be advising clients only to sign up with funding providers who agree to abide by the code.

The members were not told or advised by David Michael (principal solicitor and deputy monitoring officer) that they could not participate in the meeting nor that they were disqualified from voting by reason of attendance at a public meeting in February 2006 including objectors to the development in question or by non-attendance at a site visit conducted by the committee.

Our solicitors help many employees secure flexible working conditions, by advising them of their rights or by intervening on their behalf to settle a dispute with their employer over flexible working requests.

Hugh James recovers # 190.000 for a client who was advised by his original solicitors that a claim could not be made.

She is joined by Court of Protection specialists and partners, Suzanne Lee and Robert Weston, playing key roles in advising clients, supported by assistant solicitor Andrew Chandler.

Her other experience includes advising clients regarding negligent advice given by solicitors, financial advisers, architects and quantity surveyors.

Other experience includes advising clients regarding negligent advice given by solicitors, financial advisers, architects and quantity surveyors.

Seven years later, after responding to an advert by Mellor Hargreaves, he pursued a claim for professional negligence against the first firm of solicitors for not advising him to claim an extra # 16,654 special damages for not being able to do decorating, DIY and gardening.

Advising solicitors in a case brought by a college of further education involving the correct advice about its repairing obligations and conditions precedent for the valid operation of a break clause in the college's lease.

Advising and representing solicitor in complaint by a local authority against a solicitor who was accused of having held herself as acting as a solicitor, but without a valid practicing certificate.

Learned counsel submits that the judgment of division bench of hits court squarely applies to the facts of this case where the learned arbitrator was well known senior advocate (Queen's counsel) and was briefed by the firm of solicitors to advise on an unrelated issue and / or appearing in that matter not concerning any of the parties in the reference and that also more than a year ago whereas division bench of this court in the case of ONGC (supra) had considered the situation when it was during the currency of the arbitration.

Advising and acting for solicitors in court proceedings (alongside SRA referral) arising out of alleged breaches by the solicitor of the Money Laundering under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 and the Money Laundering Regulations 2007.

We are licensed by the Law Society of Scotland to carry on incidental financial business under the Solicitors (Scotland)(Incidental Financial Business) Practice Rules 2004, (which is broadly the advising on, selling and administration of insurance contracts) and we are included on the Register of Exempt Professional Firms maintained by the FSA.